diff --git a/python/cufinufft/cufinufft/_cufinufft.py b/python/cufinufft/cufinufft/_cufinufft.py
index ee51f0490..944417518 100644
--- a/python/cufinufft/cufinufft/_cufinufft.py
+++ b/python/cufinufft/cufinufft/_cufinufft.py
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 import numpy as np
 from ctypes.util import find_library
 
+from packaging.version import Version
+
 from ctypes import c_double
 from ctypes import c_int
 from ctypes import c_int64
@@ -23,6 +25,16 @@
 c_float_p = ctypes.POINTER(c_float)
 c_double_p = ctypes.POINTER(c_double)
 
+
+# numpy.distutils has a bug that changes the logging level from under us. As a
+# workaround, we save it and reset it later. This only happens on older
+# versions of NumPy, so let's check the version before doing this.
+reset_log_level = Version(np.__version__) < Version("1.25")
+
+if reset_log_level:
+    import logging
+    log_level = logging.root.level
+
 lib = None
 # Try to load the library as installed in the Python package.
 path = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.resolve()
@@ -35,6 +47,9 @@
         # Paranoid, in case lib is set to something and then an exception is thrown
         lib = None
 
+if reset_log_level:
+    logging.root.setLevel(log_level)
+
 if lib is None:
     # If that fails, try to load the library from the system path.
     libname = find_library('cufinufft')
diff --git a/python/finufft/finufft/_finufft.py b/python/finufft/finufft/_finufft.py
index fe2748d70..99969a38c 100644
--- a/python/finufft/finufft/_finufft.py
+++ b/python/finufft/finufft/_finufft.py
@@ -19,11 +19,22 @@
 import platform
 from numpy.ctypeslib import ndpointer
 
+from packaging.version import Version
+
 c_int_p = ctypes.POINTER(c_int)
 c_float_p = ctypes.POINTER(c_float)
 c_double_p = ctypes.POINTER(c_double)
 c_longlong_p = ctypes.POINTER(c_longlong)
 
+# numpy.distutils has a bug that changes the logging level from under us. As a
+# workaround, we save it and reset it later. This only happens on older
+# versions of NumPy, so let's check the version before doing this.
+reset_log_level = Version(np.__version__) < Version("1.25")
+
+if reset_log_level:
+    import logging
+    log_level = logging.root.level
+
 # TODO: See if there is a way to improve this so it is less hacky.
 lib = None
 # Try to load finufft installed from the python package.
@@ -40,6 +51,9 @@
         # Paranoid, in case lib is set to something and then an exception is thrown
         lib = None
 
+if reset_log_level:
+    logging.root.setLevel(log_level)
+
 if lib is None:
     # If that fails, try to load the library from the system path.
     libname = find_library('finufft')